Mailing-tube.



E. G. HAY..

MAILING TUBE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE22,1911.

Patented July 9, 1912.

UNIT-ED sTATEs PATENT. OFFICE;

animan e. HAY, or LYNDHURST, SOUTH CAROLINA.

MAILINGQTUBE.

Loeaese.

. specincation of Letters Paiena Patented Juiyi, 191,2.

Application med .rune 22, 191i. serial N'. 634,740.

To all. 'whom t may concern.' l

Be it known that I, ELDRED G. HAY, a'citizen of the United States, residing .at Lyndhurst, in the county of Barnwell and State of South Carolina, have invented certainv tube so that it may be used as a return tube without necessitating the pasting of a wrap'- perthereon or placing the address on the tube itself.

The invention is particularly adaptable for use in connection with such articles .as films or photographic prints which are mailed by customers to a photographic supply house for -development and finishing, and are returned again to the customer in .i their finished condition.

With .this object in view, the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described, and while the invention is not restricted to the eizact details shown and described, still for the purpose of disclosure reference is had to the accompanying drawing illustrating the same', and in which drawing like characters designate the same partsin the several views, and in whicht Figure 1 is a View in elevation showing the mailing tube with the address slip attached thereto and sealed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the address slip partially attached to the mailing tube. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 4 is an end view looking at the detachable cap for the tube and showing the address slip sealed thereto. Fig. 5 is a cross section through the tube, and Fig. 6 is an end view of the tube opposite to that shown in Fig. 4. l v

In practice the tube is made of any su1table material, but generally is made vof the usual paste board material, and from Figs. 2 to 5 it will be seen that the tube is built up of two layers, the inner layer 1 being in the form of a cylindrical tube and .may be in` `\Substant-ially encircling this inner tube 1 is an outer tube section 3, the ends of which may be'spaced apart aboutone-half of an 60 inch, as at 4, leaving a' recess 5, over which 1s. pasted a suitable strip of transparent ma# tei'ial 6, and this transparent material may be of such strength as to hold the outer tube layer 3in position o n the inner tube, or the 65 tube 3 may itself be affixed by glue, or otherwise, to the inner tube.l

Preferably both ends of the tube are closed, one by a removable cap hereinafter referred to, and theend opposite toy the removable cap may be provided with a corrugated reinforcement .7 of paste board or metal, and, indeed, this end of the tube may be provided with a' detachable cover, the same as .the other end, which has a metal075 threaded rim, over which -is threaded the closing cap 8. This closing cap 8 is provided with a slot 9 (Fig. 4) adapted to register with the recess 5, forming with the transparent portion 6 a pocket for the re- 80 ception of an address slip 10 ofl a length slightly in excess of the length of the pocket to form a tabll, adapted to be pasted over the top of the cap 8 and hold the address slip in place, while at the same time sealing the package.

It will be obvious that in operation the contents of the package are inserted and the metal cap 8l screwed in position, whereupon the address slip is inserted and the tab 11 90 pasted to the top. Before inserting the ad-A dress slip, if it is desired, the sender may place his own address inside of the pocket, or the same may be printed on the tube 2 itself, within the recess 5, and will act as a return address to insure the return of the tube with its contents in due course to the sender. I

Having thus described a practical and preferred embodiment of the invention, the

particular features of novelty will. nowbe pointed out more succinctly in the following claim l ln a mailing tube the combination of an inner tubular members an outer member .closely overlying said inner member and having the edges thereof separated to provide a recess; a transparent strip overlying tegrally joined, but is preferably separated 5t as at 2, the object being that the tube can .be readily formed by bending.

said recess and forming a. closed pocket; an` sealed' against the outer face .of Vthe removaddress slip adapted to be inserted in said able cap, substantially as described. 10 pocket; a cap closing one end of the tube; In testimonyv whereof, Ifaiiix vmyv signaand 'a `removable second cap closing the ture, in presence. of two witnesses.

other end of the tube, said second cap pro- ELDRED G; HAY. vided with a slot adapted to 'register withv Witnesses: I the -open end of said pocket, and saidslip JOHN T. Suzanne,-

having a projecting portion adapted to be v 1 CARRIE YOUNGINEB.- 

